Knuth, Donald (2002), (format: PDF), "All Questions Answered", Notices of the AMS 49 no: 3, pages: 320
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In fact, my main conclusion after spending ten years of my life working on the TEX project is that software is hard. It’s harder than anything else I’ve ever had to do.
— Donald Knuth
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About Donald Knuth
Donald Ervin Knuth (born 10 January 1938) is an American computer scientist, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, and winner of the 1974 Turing Award.
About Donald Knuth
Donald Ervin Knuth (born 10 January 1938) is an American computer scientist, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, and winner of the 1974 Turing Award.
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